deucemagnet
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Thu Oct-30-08 06:38 PM
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Need advice from DU exterminators. |
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Edited on Thu Oct-30-08 06:46 PM by deucemagnet
When I went to the basement to put some wood in the wood furnace, I noticed a piece of hickory that looked like it had some kind of fungus on the bark. When I picked it up, I saw that the "fungus" was actually anthill-like piles of sawdust, maybe 1/2" high, and that there was a perfectly round 1/8" hole in the log below each one. What could do that? Bark beetles, maybe? The log wasn't rotten at all. I really don't need an infestation of whatever it is.
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Thu Oct-30-08 06:45 PM
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deucemagnet
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Thu Oct-30-08 06:48 PM
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2. Great. My firewood is in the fookin' Outer Limits. |
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I'll let you know what happens after the ironic ending. :rofl:
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Thu Oct-30-08 06:56 PM
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3. Could be mason bees. If so, they're harmless. |
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Could also be termites or carpenter ants.
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Thu Oct-30-08 06:59 PM
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6. I didn't want to hear termites or carpenter ants. |
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Don't they usually go for rotten wood, though? This was seasoned hickory. Solid, hard, and dry.
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Thu Oct-30-08 07:06 PM
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7. Termites will eat anything. |
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If it makes you feel any better, I'm not an exterminator, nor am I related to Tom DeLay(thank gawd!).
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Thu Oct-30-08 07:16 PM
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9. I think I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for the next few months. |
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There's about two cords of wood down there, and I'm not moving it outside. In the meantime, I'll be watching for those little mud termite tunnels and carpenter ants.
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Thu Oct-30-08 06:57 PM
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4. If you want to kill them in a humane yet environmentally friendly way, use boric acid |
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Likewise, if you don't want to kill them, but merely "direct" them in a different direction, boric acid works for this as well.
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Thu Oct-30-08 06:58 PM
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5. Or diatomaceous earth. Basically does the same thing. nt |
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Thu Oct-30-08 07:11 PM
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http://www.novaguard.com/beetles.htmlI'm not any expert, but have some limited google fu :)
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Thu Oct-30-08 07:21 PM
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10. That sounds about right. Thanks! |
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The description of anobiid beetles fits exactly. We've had a lot of cherry with bark beetle larvae, but this is new.
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